Students Helping Students: A Guide for Peer Educators on College Campuses

This second edition offers a practical training guide for college students who serve as leaders, tutors, counselors, or advisors for their peers. This thoroughly revised and updated volume contains a fundamental discussion on student growth and development and provides learning objectives and self-discovery exercises to help student leaders with tasks such as tutoring, student orientation, residence hall advising, crisis intervention, coaching, and more.

Students Helping Students includes:

• Updates on the most current research and the latest advances in technology

• A revised model that contains service learning and student retention programs

• The results of two intervention strategies: the Health Behaviors Assessment and the College Learning Effectiveness Inventory, which focus on the topics of wellness and academic success

• Descriptive overviews of peer programs addressing sexuality, safety, violence reduction, residence life, online peer connections, and more

Praise for the Second Edition of Students Helping Students

"This new work remains the definitive standard in the field. It should be on the bookshelf of every student affairs professional and is an important tool for preparing peer educators for providing service."—Ernest Pascarella, professor and Mary Louise Petersen Chair in Higher Education, University of Iowa

"The second edition of Students Helping Students teems with useful material that can be thoughtfully applied by peer helpers. The what, so what, and now what framework reflectively guides the reader to self-discovery and thoughtful practical applications. Being a peer helper is a high-impact learning experience made intentional through the pages of this fine book."—Susan R. Komives, professor of college student personnel, University of Maryland and president, Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education

Keywords: student tutors, student counselors, student peers, peer education, college student growth, college student development, college student orientation, residence hall advising, crisis intervention, coaching, research on student leaders, college peer training, college peer intervention, peer educator model, student retention programs, student relationship, programs for academic success, peer programs for student life, college students and wellness, college students and sex, college students and health promotion, college students and safety, college students and violence reduction, college students and drugs, college students and alcohol, college students and behavior standards, college students and honor system